Tire.



narran srlarns ramena oracion GEORGE W. KI'TTRMAN, 0F BERWYN, ILLINOIS,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 MILO D.

MATTESON, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.l

TIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application iled October 5, 1910. Serial No. 585,452.

.To all whom 'it may concern:

- Be it known that I, Grotten lV. KITTER- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Berwyn, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented new and useful Improvements in T ires, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention has relation to tires designed most especially forautomobiles and vehicles of' kindred nature requiring re-` 'j The tirecomprises vguide members which vhave connection with the tread and .rimI' portions, therebyV centralizing the strain '-upon the.. flexiblesides and preventing lateral thrust producing irreparable injury to thetire when in service. I

The invention furthercontemplates al tire comprising a number of partswhich are replaceableso that in the event of injury y any one oftheelements may be easily and ,quickly substituted by other .partswithout necessitating the procurement of a new tire.

. Y The invention consists of the novel features, details ofconstruction and. combination of parts, which hereinafter will be moreLparticularly, Set fena.-.i11ust. ted in 40 the accompanyingm'drwlng,andwpointed out in the appended claim. l W

Referring to the drawing, forming part of the application, Figure l'i'sa' side view of a vehicle Wheel provided with a resilient tire embodyingthe invention, a portion of the tire beingbroken away to show v,therelative arrangement of theparts.' Fig. 2 is a sectional perspectiveView of the rim portion of the wheel, showing thevparts on a largerscale. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the tire on the line mofvF ig.1, showing the parts on a'larger scale.l y t -Corresponding and likeparts are referred to in the following descrlption, and indi- .to secureall together. 1 v Theflanges e of the tread portion E arel cated in allthe views of the the same reference characters.

The tire comprises a tread E, an inner rim L and flexible sides A Vandis fitted to a vehicle Wheel comprising la hub 1 and spokes 2, thelatter being secured at their outer ends to a rim or band 0 to which therim L is secured in any manner.

The rim or yband O is usually of metal, Whereas the rim L is of wood.The tread E is of rubber or like material and formed with side fianges ewhich embrace the drawing, by

outer portions of the flexible sides A' and are secured thereto. Theouter surface of the tread E- is convex .between its sides and isprovided at intervals with transverse channels c -in..which are fittedclips or tie bolts G, 4by means of which the tread E is secured when inplace. The sides of the tread E are outwardly flared, as indicated ate2, so as to provide an extended surface. The tread; portion of the tireis Patented Jaa. areas.

substantially of U-form in cro'ss section, `the -walls of the lchannelbeing lined by canvas -or other textilematerial, whereby thetread ismaterially strengthened.

The flexible. sides vA consist of rings of rubber or other resilientmaterial'and thel s same are placedso as vtov receive the rim 0 .betweentheir inner edgesand the parts B C and D between their outer edges.-Bands K `are placedl against the. outer sides of the inner edge andbolts MP o l pass through registering openings formed 1n the parts K, A

coniined between the iiexible sides A and bands F, the latter havininclined portions f whichI bear against antgl sustain the side portionse2 of the tread E. 'The parts D preferably consist'of wooden ringsalthough said rings may be of any brous or cheap material. Theparts PconsistI ofbands which are placed against the inner walls of the rings Dand are located uponopposite sides of the parts C. The

metal rings, the outer portions of which are thickened andtoueh attheirinner `faces and' come between the rings D, whereas their innerportions are reduced and placed apart to receive a ringB between them.Bolts H pass through the registering o enings formed in the parte F. er,A,Dan Cl and and L so asv parts C consist ofmons of un aexibi sides A,

connect all together. The rings B and C consist of guide members whichhave telescopic arrangement to hold the tread portion of the tire in theplane of the wheel and prevent lateral displacement thereof when thewheel is subjected to transverse stress. The ring B forms part of theband Z) which latter .is placed against the outer side of the rim L. Theinner guide meniber is approximately of T-form and the ring portion Bthereof operates in the space c formed between the inner portions of therings C. A band It encircles the rings B and C and comesl between themand the inner wall of the channel of the tread portion E.

When the parts are assembled the tire assumes the substantially asindicated in the several views and the tread portion of the tire issupported between the inclined portions f of the bands F and areconnected through said parts f by curved bolts or fastenings G, whoseends are threaded and pass through openings formed in the parts andreceive nuts g.' After the parts are assembled the tire 1s inflated inthe usual manner and the intermediate portions of the flexible sides Aare extended and caused to bulge outwardly, as indicated most clearly inFig. 3. By reason of the peculiar formation of the tire, the rim andtread portions are rigid and the sides are flexible and lateraldisplacement of tread portion is prevented by the interlocking members Band C, which have connection with respectively 4the rim and treadportions of the tire` It will be understood that the tire possesses thecombined advantages of pneumatic and cushion tires while atl the sametime it is not liable to injury from puncture or the tread meeting witha sharp object which ordinarily would pierce a pneumatic tire and renderthe same unserviceable for the time being. The guide members B and C, byreason-of their rigid connection with the rim ind tread portions of thetire, cause said parts to move relatively in the planeof the wheel andthereby revent lateral strain which is injurious an materially shortensthe life of resilient tires.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing,

the advantages of the construction and ofV the method of operation willbe readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the inventionappertains, and while I have described the principle of operation of theinvention, together with the device which I now consider to be theembodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shownis merely illustrative, and that such changes maybe made when desired'as are within the scope of the claim appended hereto. y l

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is A resilienttire comprising a rim, a chanl nel tread portion of resilient material,flexible sides'having their inner portions secured formed between theinner portions of the said guide rings.

In testimony whereoflI aflix my signature in presence of witnesses.

GEORGE W. KITTERMAN. Witnesses;

. MoRToN T. Comm, HARRY. N. CULVER, Roeien S. CULvER.

